Phillip Weather in May
Phillip in May
The short of it: Phillip in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 38 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 10 h 17 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 3° · rain 38 mm · daylight 10 h 17 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & May
Thirty years of records give Phillip an average May high of 17°, a low of 3° and some 38 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from April to about 17°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 38 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 17 min in mid-May, 57 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and May.
Against its neighbours, Phillip runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Mawson, 2 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Phillip, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MawsonAustralian Capital Territory | 2 km SSE | 17° | 3° | 38 mm |
| GarranAustralian Capital Territory | 2 km ENE | 17° | 3° | 38 mm |
| CurtinAustralian Capital Territory | 3 km NNW | 17° | 4° | 37 mm |
| WestonAustralian Capital Territory | 3 km WNW | 17° | 4° | 39 mm |
| GriffithAustralian Capital Territory | 5 km NE | 17° | 4° | 34 mm |
| KambahAustralian Capital Territory | 5 km SW | 17° | 4° | 38 mm |
| WanniassaAustralian Capital Territory | 5 km S | 17° | 3° | 38 mm |
| NarrabundahAustralian Capital Territory | 5 km ENE | 17° | 3° | 35 mm |